Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-07
IN CONGRESS.
Important Measures Coming Up this
Week for Action.

WASHINGTON, February 9Th Quite
large amount of important work has been
laid out by the Senate for the coming week,
but the order in which the measures are to
follow each other has not been fixed. The
morning hour of each day is to be devoted
to the consideration of measures which
have passed the House and been reported
favorably by Senate committees.
At o'clock tomorrow the bill granting
charter to Eads' Ship Railway, which is
unfinished business, will be laid before the
Senate. Should this bill be passed by the
Senate it is the purpose of friends of the Mic
aragua Canal bill 10 call up that measure as
soon as possible, holding that the rival pro-
jects to which these two bills are designed
to give Governmental recognition should
be treated alike and impartially.
Senator Hawley has given notice of his
purpose to call up forthwith one OF the two
bills to encourage the manufacture of mod
ern ordnance, to be followed Immediately
by the other. One of these measures re-
lates to army and the other to navy ord
nance. They were introduced by Senator
Cameron in December, 1885, and were re-
ported from the Committee on Coast De-
fenses last May. The two measures (which
are parts of one general scheme) appro-
pirate S., 100000 each. An amendment to
the one which relates to the army has been
offered by Senator Dolph, and reported
favorably by the Committee on Coast De-
fenses, proposing further appropriation
of So ,000,00 for the construction of coast
defenses. The general features of the plan
embodied in the bills and the proposed
amendment, appropriating at once $2l ,000,-
600 for guns aud coast defenses, are under
stood to meet the almost unanimous ap-
proval of the Senate, but there may be con-
siderable diversity of opinion regarding the
details. Troy, n Y, and the Navy Yard
at Washington are the establishments in
connection with which the gun factories
for the army and navy, respectively, are
authorized to be established.
Senator Ingalls, intends TO call up as soon
as possible his bill repeating the limitation
placed upon the Arrears of Pensions Act,
the effect of which, if passed, will be to
entitle each pensioner TO back pay from the
date of death or disability, regardless of
the time when his application was made
The Senate is almost equally divided with
respect to the merits of the measure, the
test vote of last week disclosing one ma
iority in its favor.
Senator Hoar, who reported the Judiciary
Committees substitute for the House reso-
luton for investigating the accounts of the
subsidized Pacific railroads, intends to
action during the week. He has publicly
declared his opposition to it, and he will
open the debate with speech setting forth
generally his objections to the procrustean
method of dealing with corporate rights,
and particularly his aversion to the pro-
posed increase from % to 40 per cent. of the
net earnings to be collected from these cor
porations.
Senator Plumb has charge of the Post
office appropriation BILL which has the
right of way whenever he may choose to
call it up.
Wednesday will be devoted to eulogies
On Senator Logan.
Tomorrow, for the first time since the
holiday recess, members of the House will
Individually have an opportunity to offer
motions for the passage of measures under
suspension of the rules Efforts will also
be made to pass in this manner several
bills providing for the erection of public
buildings, and possibly the bill amendatory
OF the shipping laws.
Representative Cabell of Virginia will, if
he can secure recognition, tomorrow move
to suspend the rules in the House and pass
the bill to abolish the tax on tobacco. If
the Republicans will support the measure,
he thinks 1t can obtain the necessary two
thirds vote. If any man of them oppose
it the motion will be beaten.
Representatives Randall, Cabell Warner
of Ohio and Henley of California held a
conference this afternoon at Randalrs resi-
dence to draft a reply TO the letter of Speaker
Carlisle, giving the ultimatum of revenue
reformers on the question of tariff reduc-
ton. Warner has a memorandum of the
conference in his possession and viii pre-
pare letters tomorrow or next day.
By special order, Tuesday has been set
aside for the consideration by the House of
business reported from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs. The first measure to be
called up under this order is the Chinese
indemnity bill, which will be followed by
the fisheries retaliation bill, if the COM
mittee shall have completed its considera-
ton by that day